Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 28 July 2010 at 8:00 a.m. UK time, 10:00 a.m. Finnish time APPOINTMENT OF CORPORATE BROKER Ruukki Group Plc (the “Company") (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) has appointed Investec Bank plc (“Investec”) as its sole corporate broker, with immediate effect. In its capacity as corporate broker, Investec has agreed to provide services to the Company, including, as appropriate, general brokerage services with respect to the Company's ordinary shares, advising the Company on general stock market conditions, the valuation of its securities and communication with its shareholder base as well as co-ordinating an appropriate investor liaison programme. The nomination of the corporate broker does not affect trading in the Company's shares on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Alwyn Smit CEO Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on minerals and wood processing businesses. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and the London Stock Exchange. For additional information please contact: Ruukki Group Plc Alwyn Smit (CEO): +41 7960 19094 www.ruukkigroup.fi Investec Bank plc Stephen Cooper: +44 20 7597 5104 Pelham Bell Pottinger Charles Vivian: +44 20 7861 3126 James MacFarlane: +44 20 7861 3864